Blue Catfish State Record Broken in Mississippi

On April 11th, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Park Fisheries Bureau has certified a new state record blue catfish. Angler Eugene Cronley of Brandon, Mississippi caught a 131-pound blue catfish in the lower Mississippi River near Natchez, Mississippi. This fish was caught on April 7, 2022 on a rod and reel. Mr. Cronley said that it took him forty minutes to land the huge fish, “it is truly a fish of a lifetime.”